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Several Die in Oyo Ethnic Crisis as Locals Escalate Reprisal Attack

by Chinonso Ihekire
February 15, 2021
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… Makinde Imposes Curfew, Monarchs Plead for Peace

It was a horrific experience over the weekend as scores of non-Yoruba speaking individuals were killed in Oyo State by locals in a biased reprisal attack.

The crisis began following a fatal stabbing of a cobbler by a Hausa cart pusher in Sasha market, Ibadan, Oyo State, before degenerating into an ethnic conflict.


The cart pusher and cobber had been engaged in an argument, on Thursday, and in the process, the cart pusher, stabbed the Yoruba cobbler.
The ethnicity of the individuals are, however, based on eyewitness accounts, and not official reports.


The stabbed victim was confirmed dead in a hospital on Friday morning, leading to crisis in the community between the Hausa and the Yorubas, with the latter group trying to avenge the death of their tribesman.


Within hours, the conflict spread beyond the market, as the Hausa and Yoruba communities in Akinyele Local Government Area, where the market is located, went after each other.


Eyewitnesses reported that, at least, six people died from both tribes in the reprisal attacks.


Various shops and houses were burnt while the market was deserted in the process.


“The reprisal attacks have led to the death of at least six people from the side of the Yorubas and the Hausas. In fact, many people in the community have scampered for safety,” a resident of Akinyele, who simply identified himself as Khalid, said.


An eyewitness who pled anonymity said that “no one is safe. People have been rendered homeless. I know of 15 houses that have been razed and you can’t tell if your home is next. What matters is safety, so people have deserted their homes”


On Saturday morning, some Yoruba thugs blocked various highways, asking passengers to identify their ethnic groups.


Sources told this newspaper that those who were identified as Hausa were forced out of vehicles and attacked by the hoodlums.


“Once you are an Hausa person, you will be dragged down from the car and be killed by the Yorubas who ordinary to them were avenging the death of the cobbler killed by a Hausa man,” a witness said.


As the killings continued, the military stormed the community in an attempt to stop the reprisal attacks and destruction of properties.
Speaking on the incident, the Oyo State police spokesperson, Olugbenga Fadeyi, who confirmed the incident, said normalcy is gradually returning in the area.


“Massive Police deployment and that of the sister security agencies were made to douse tension. Critical stakeholders have also been consulted to appeal to the people.”

‘Curfew’
In order to forestall breakdown of law and order in the market and its environments, Governor Seyi Makinde on Saturday imposed an indefinite curfew in the area.


The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, said anyone caught perpetrating violence will face the wrath of the law.


“His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde has directed the immediate closure of Shasha market indefinitely following reports of a breach of peace in the area.


“The governor has also approved the imposition of (a) curfew on Shasha. It will run from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. Residents of the affected area are enjoined to go about their legitimate businesses within the hours stipulated by the law.


“Anyone caught disrupting the peace of the community will be made to face the wrath of the law,” the statement read.


The governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, and his counterparts in Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, urged citizens not to allow a misunderstanding to degenerate into violence, maiming, and killing.


Fayemi in a statement by his spokesperson, Yinka Oyebode, said “we do not need any act of violence leading to the unnecessary death of citizens. Now is the time for the leadership of various ethnic nationalities, trading groups, and security agencies to halt the orgy of violence in Shasha area and work towards ensuring peace in different parts of the country.


“We will enjoy enduring peace and progress through dialogue, mutual respect, and understanding for one another. Violence and attendant death and destruction would only spell doom for the country.

“While commending Governor Makinde for his timely intervention in the crisis, we also express our sympathy to families of the victims as well as those who have lost properties and businesses during the crisis,” Mr Fayemi, the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, said.


The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Saliu Adetunji, in a statement also urged people to eschew violence and bitterness by ensuring that minor conflicts do not degenerate to unnecessary tension.


He said “many of our compatriots have been living with each other for a long time. We grow up and attend schools together. People from diverse ethnic groups do inter marry and give birth to lovely children.”

Speaking on the crisis, he said “immediately the report of the crisis got to us in the palace yesterday (Friday), the Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde was the first person I called and we have his promise that appropriate action would be taken as sinners would not go unpunished,” the monarch said.

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